‘Cousin Kate’ is a double ballade‚ meaning that it is heavily rhymed and consists of six stanzas of 8 lines. It was written by Christina Rossetti in the 1870s. The outline of the poem is that the narrator ‘cottage maiden’ is introduced and describes herself as ‘Hardened by sun and air’ which shows that she is fairly low-class and that she works outside. In the 1800’s‚ if you had a tan because you would be working outside‚ this would show that you were of the working class. She then falls in love
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captors. Apparently‚ he had been abused and badly whipped by his enemies. Before he could rescue his brother. A maiden called out for his help. A man abducted her‚ and was set to rape her.Bors suffered from agonizing indecision. He must either help his brother from being killed or to rescue the maiden from being raped. Bors decided that his knightly honor demanded that he should rescue the maiden. Bors easily defeated the cruel man‚ and escorted the girl to her family who was searching for her.
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had sent 18‚00 soldiers along the Brussels to attack the center hold. And with that the Napoleon forces had taken the center hold. Later followed Lord Uxbridge‚ Wellington’s cavalry commander had two brigades over the ridge. With the Napoleon soldiers advancing towards the British line opportunity had show itself. The cavalry had charged the French infantry‚ slicing through the forces on the ground. Napoleon’s line had been weakened brutally but Wellington’s left flank was also damaged and he could
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possessed a mere 25‚000 horses. The War Office was given the urgent task of sourcing half a million more to go into battle. They were essential to pull heavy guns‚ to transport weapons and supplies‚ to carry the wounded and dying to hospital and to mount cavalry charges. In the first year of war the countryside was emptied of shire horses and riding ponies‚ a heartbreaking prospect for farming families who saw their finest and most beloved horses requisitioned by the government. The families who lost them
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Infantry. 31st March 19th native infantry at Berhampore are disbanded. 8th April After the events of the mutiny where two British Officers were killed‚ Mangal Pande is hanged at Barrackpore. 24th April Troopers of the 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry at Meerut refuse to fire the new Enfield Rifles due to the new animal fat grease being used. 6th May Part of the 34th Native infantry at Barrackpore (involved in the Mutiny that included Mangal Pande) is disbanded. 10th May Mutiny and
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right of the Union lines: this flanking movement would be one of the most successful and dramatic of the war. While riding with his infantry in a wide berth well south and west of the Federal line of battle‚ Jackson employed Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee’s cavalry to provide for better reconnaissance regarding the exact location of the Union right and rear. The
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Machiavelli_0523 09/15/2005 09:27 AM THE ONLINE LIBRARY OF LIBERTY © Liberty Fund‚ Inc. 2005 http://oll.libertyfund.org/Home3/index.php NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI‚ THE ART OF WAR (NEVILLE TRANS.) (1675) URL of this E-Book: http://oll.libertyfund.org/EBooks/Machiavelli_0523.pdf URL of original HTML file: http://oll.libertyfund.org/Home3/HTML.php?recordID=0523 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Machiavelli was an Italian Renaissance political philosopher who wrote a famous piece of advice to The Prince on how
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1. “Black laborers on a wharf‚ James River‚ VA.”- Civilians Section Description – Black laborers sitting down and standing just to take a picture‚ looks like they’ve just finished working. Interesting Aspects‚ Details- 1. The guy with the shovel seems to be looking at something but I can’t really pinpoint it. 2. They don’t look happy; they look tired‚ depressed‚ and sad. 2. “Joseph‚ Sister M.M. of the Sisters of Mercy.”- Women Description- Nun sitting down for a portrait holding a rosary
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A racy young knight into King Arthur’s court rapes a lovely young maiden. The humans are repulsed via the knight’s conduct and demand justice. Although the regulation demands up to expectation the knight be beheaded‚ the queen yet ladies concerning the courtroom petition after stay allowed in imitation of determine the knight’s fate. The queen then offers the knight a 12 months in accordance with find out where ladies almost desire. The yr passes quickly. As the knight rides dejectedly returned in
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society. One of the leading officers in the New Model Army had been a butcher. This removal of social obstacle meant that the New Model Army was open to new ideas as social class meant nothing. It was a force based mainly on lightly armed cavalry. These cavalry soldiers wore thick leather jerkins for protection as full plated armours would slow down their horses. The horses were the key to the success of the New Model Army as their attacks were based on speed‚ so they could surprise the enemy. The
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